Dressed smartly in a black suit and claret and blue spotted tie, David Moyes looked like he was revelling in being back in football after a brief hiatus as he returned to management with West Ham.

This supposed dour, snarling, robotic Scotsman was nowhere to be sen at first as he was full of smiles and thoroughly happy to be manager of West Ham for at least six months.

Once the first few benign questions were out of the way, we started to get down to the nitty-gritty of the questioning and all of sudden, the mood changes with Moyes as he began to fire off about what he expects from his players.

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It didn't take long for the new manager to reveal he had got the players doing double training sessions and said that if he excels anywhere, it's on the training ground and he is going to whip these under performing Premier League footballers into shape - and quickly as well. We know they need a kick up the backside and so does he.

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David Moyes is favourite to take over (Image: LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP/Getty Images)

All of a sudden, Moyes' answers became a lot shorter, direct, to the point and he made sure he was stating his case very clearly. There were no pithy answers from the man just two days into his new job. He said it himself "I am in a hurry and the players need to be as well."

Moyes also didn't hide behind his past jobs either at Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland. He spoke a lot about Everton - as is his right - and was also very candid about the other three, especially Sunderland which he admitted was a poor choice on his part.

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But, this is a determined man. He knows he doesn't have long in the job to prove himself and he is already setting about stamping his mark on West Ham. It was too luxurious under Slaven Bilic, Rush Green was like a holiday camp at times, not under Moyes it won't be.

For the broadcast sections, the questions are not exactly hard hitting but when it came time for football.london and the other newspapers to get their teeth into things, Moyes got a grilling.

David Moyes overseeing training at Rush Green (Image: West Ham United (Twitter))

Fair play to the manager, he didn't snap back, answered every question honestly and, seemingly, truthfully as well. He didn't skirt any issues that he was pressed on, be it his former jobs, comments to journalists, whatever.

If it was a charm offensive people were expecting, it's certainly not what they got. It was to the point, no nonsense, forceful, direct - a lot like Moyes' management style.

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Some of the West Ham players that had life very comfortably under Slaven Bilic will certainly be in for a rude awakening, especially those returning from international duty. Diafra Sakho might be in for a shock.

Moyes has ten days before his first game in charge away to Watford and if you believe what he says, we could see a completely different Hammers team lining up at Vicarage Road on the 19th, more in mind than in personnel.